Lock welcomed the tough love, because he knew Daboll was right, and he’s benefitted from it in the past.
“Yeah, Dabs is fiery,” Lock said. “But at the same time, I grew up playing hoops in good old Kansas City, Missouri. Shout out to Nodie Newton (AAU Basketball). I’ve been jumped before. I’ve been yelled at. (Head coach) Eric Thomas, Lee’s Summit High School, he got at me. I’ve been around that. I’m used to that. Kind of gets me going. You can shell up or you can take it like a man. I’ve always been the one that kind of gets me going.
“I need a little bit of that. We had good conversations. He expects a lot from me, as I do myself. I can at least appreciate that. If things go bad and you don’t have someone yelling at you, the classic, there should be some concern. But that is the exact opposite of Dabs. He cares about his guys. He cares about me, expects the world from me. We went out there and did that today.”
Lock not only threw two touchdown passes to the opposing team last week, he also lost a fumble in the 34-7 loss. It was the 11th time this season the Giants scored fewer than 20 points and the fifth in which they scored in single digits.
But Lock sensed in practice that a different Giants team would take the field on Sunday.
“This was a great week of practice for us,” he said. “Not that previous weeks weren’t, but a great week as far as when we made the mistakes, they were good mistakes to make then. Correct, be ready for this game. When we went out here today, bottom line was there’s 11 of us out there on offense. I know the stats are going to lean heavy toward me, but those 10 guys came to play today. Getting the ball in those guys’ hands.
“O-line, I think I hit the ground once and it was probably on the run. That would be my fault, not theirs. Just firing on all cylinders. (Guard) Jake Kubas, second start. GVR (Greg Van Roten, normally the right guard), popping to center. (Guard Aaron) Stinnie coming back from a concussion. (Tackle) Jermaine (Eluemunor), fighting back from injury, playing these last two weeks. (Tackle) Evan (Neal), coming out there. We’re scrappy. Getting those guys together, that was their first time playing together. Just impressive, really impressive, those guys.”
As was the entire offense. Lock threw touchdown pass of 31 and 59 yards to Nabers, who each time turned short throws into big plays, 32 yards to Darius Slayton, and five yards to Wan’Dale Robinson. He ran for a…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at News…